The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. LXIV, No. 5, November, 1933
Washington DC: The National Geographic Society, 1933. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Wraps. [16 pages of advertisements], pages 513-644, [and 12 pages of advertisements]. Illustrations (with twenty-four pages in full color. Maps. No Separate Supplement Present. Cover worn, torn, soiled, with parts of spine missing. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900–1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication closer to a scientific journal to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. John Hyde was the first editor.
This issue includes: A Special Supplement: Aerial Photograph of Greater New York, New York--an Empire within a Republic by William Joseph Showalter, with 49 Illustrations, Color Highlights of the Empire State by Clifton Adams with 35 Natural Color Photographs, To the Home of the Cock-of-the-Rock by Ernest G. Hold with 50 Illustrations, and "As the Tuan Had Said" by George M. Hanson with 19 Illustrations.
William Joseph Showalter, American editor. Decorated Order of Bolivar by Government of Venezuela, 1912, as writer on Latin-American topics. member of the board of trustees American University. He was born on July 10, 1878. He was a Teacher, public schools, Virginia, 1896-1898. City editor Harrisonburg Daily News, 1898-1901. Joined Washington (District of Columbia) Bureau New York Journal, 1901. Editorial writer Democratic Congressional Committee, 1902. Washington correspondent Virginia and West Virginia newspapers, 1902-1907. Writer for Haskin Syndicate, 1907-1913. Editor Staunton (Virginia) Daily News and Harrisonburg (Virginia) Daily News Record. 1913-1915; assistant to editor, assistant editor, staff writer and chief of the division of research, National Geography Magazine, for a time from 1914. He died at the age of 57 in 1935.
Clifton R. Adams (1890-1934), photographer of National Geographic between 1920 and 1934, who died prematurely, has produced hundreds of photos in black and white and 30 albums of autochromes. He traveled to the United States, Central America and Europe, photographing the countryside and villages. Many autochromes portray men, women and children caught in moments of everyday life.
Ernest Hold was born in 1889 and worked many years as an ornithologist for the Soil Conservation Service. He authored publications that dealt with soil and wildlife relationships, several bird species, and mammals. He was vice president of The Wildlife Society in 1936. In 1936, Ernest was vice president of the Society of Wildlife Specialist, which was the predecessor of The Wildlife Society. Ernest was elected to the Washington Biologists’ Field Club in 1937 and was active until his death in 1983.
The cocks-of-the-rock, is native to South America. The genus is composed of only two known extant species: the Andean cock-of-the-rock and the smaller Guianan cock-of-the-rock. The Andean cock-of-the-rock is the national bird of Peru.
George M. Hanson was formerly the United States Counsel at Sandakan, British North Borneo. Tuan is in Malay-speaking countries, a respectful form of address for a man. North Borneo also described as the State of North Borneo was a state that existed from 1882 until 1946. The state came about owing to the grant by the Sultans of Brunei and Sulu of large tracts of land in 1877 and 1878 to a syndicate of businessmen who had established a depot at Sandakan Bay. In 1881 the North Borneo Provisional Association was incorporated by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom empowering the Company to administer the country, subject to the reservation of some supervisory power to the Secretary of State and, later in 1881 the North Borneo Chartered Company was formed to take over the administration. The country was placed under British protection in 1888 under an agreement between the Company and the British government concluded on 12 May 1888. Today, the former North Borneo is part of Malaysia as the state of Sabah. Condition: Fair.
Keywords: National Geographic, New York, Empire State, William Joseph Showalter, Clifton Adams, Ernest Holt, Cock-of-the-Rock, George Hanson, Tuan, British North Borneo, Aerial Photograph, Pictorial Works
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